Downy and Hairy woodpeckers come to feed on the suet. I have photos both in one picture. This Hairy male has been working over the tree that shades our deck. It’s got some kind of boring insect problem. The woodpeckers… Read More ›
Woodpeckers
SKETCHBOOK 68 – WHAT A WOODPECKER!
If he looks like Woody Woodpecker, it’s because both he and Woody are based on the big Pileated Woodpecker. We had a pair of them in our woods. I haven’t seen them lately, but I never saw them often. They… Read More ›
OUR GARDEN’S NEW LOOK
It used to be when I looked out my back door, mostly I saw crabgrass. In early spring, for a while, we have dandelions and violets, but mostly it was crabgrass all summer and snow all winter — with leaves… Read More ›
A BIG DAY FOR THE BIRDS
I think there must be a lot of babies in nests — or eggs ready to become baby birds soon. The birds are not merely eating. They are tearing off pieces of suet and flying away with it. I assume… Read More ›
THE HUNGRY CREATURES
We had been trying to figure out which birds were eating all the food we were putting out, but this morning I finally realized the food is being consumed by a lot of birds of every kind you will find… Read More ›
HOUSE FINCHES AND A WOODPECKER
In the past month, the number of birds we are supporting has tripled. It might be even more than that. There are an incredible number of birds and I have had to make decisions about how much food I can… Read More ›
A DOWNY AND A HAIRY WOODPECKER WALK INTO A BAR TOGETHER
NO! That never happens. The two birds hate each other. And yet today, it happened. I did the best photography I could given that the lens was very long and it was hard to get the entire picture of both… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 43 – A GOLDFINCH & A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
I actually have a few picture I’ve never shown. Some of them needed more work. I’m always wary about trying to fix something because as often as not, more work takes a pretty good piece and ruins it. You really… Read More ›
BIRD FAVORITES
CFFC: Birds I have some favorites and this seems a perfect time to show them off especially since all my feeders are down right now. Between the swarming hornets and an outbreak of avian flu, we are just feeding them… Read More ›
CHANGES
I was trying to figure out why I want to draw pictures more than anything else. I was getting complicated when I realized I just wanted a change. I’ve been blogging for 12 years. That’s longer than any job I… Read More ›
BIRD FEEDER WATCH – DAY TWO
Yesterday was day 1 of Cornell’s Bird Feeder Watch. I think it runs four days. I didn’t watch yesterday. I had too much other stuff going on, but this morning, I did my first 1-hour watch and this is what… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 16 – FINDING MY STYLE
I looked at my drawings today and realized most of them are blocky. That’s not necessarily bad. Some artists were flowing, others blocky, many both, depending on the year. The problem isn’t that I’m blocky but that I want to… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 